Doug I wrap my cables under the tape on all my bikes. They shift great. I woulds replace the cables and housing and change to a better cassette. You can get a NOS HG-70 for $30 on Ebay in a 11-30 8 speed. I've always had trouble with the lower priced cassettes shifting well.
~Mike~` On Nov 21, 5:53 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > After just reading this thread, it sounds like running the shift > cables under the tape all the way up to the bar tops is routine. My > wife's new-to-her-just yesterday 47 cm Atlantis has the cables routed > in this fashion & it does look great, very clean. However, the 8 > speed Shimano indexed bar ends seem stiff to me, in comparison to my > old Suntour friction barcons. In addition, the indexing is > problematic, working properly sometimes and other times acting like it > wants to shift. The bike was originally delivered either late 03 or > early 04, judging by the evidence. It's not been ridden much & has > the original Sun Race 8 speed cassette. Shifting assist ramps aren't > worn. I replaced the old chain as it seemed a bit gunky with a new > SRAM 8 speed. Indexing is still dodgy. I'm wondering if old age has > affected the cables? Maybe corrosion or ??? Any words of wisdom or > obvious fixes I'm missing? My experience with indexing is minimal. > > dougP > > On Oct 28, 9:19 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > on 10/25/10 1:47 PM, William at tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > The cross in front also has its trade offs. The cables themselves do > > > rub on the underside of the downtube when they cross back over to get > > > into the right BB guide slot. Also that "might" cause trouble for > > > your third bottle cage bosses, if you have them. > > > I used to run all of my mtb cables this way (it was touted as one of the > > fixes for SRAM shifting) and would grab a handfull (9 = 3 sets of 3) of > > rubber doughnuts to run on the _under_ cable. This would keep it off of the > > downtube pretty reliably, and the _over_ cable would slide across it easily. > > > - Jim > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > "I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I > > follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me." > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
